The National Council of Provinces Unlike the National Assembly, the members of the NCOP are not elected directly by voters. Voters in each province elect the provincial legislatures, and the legislatures elect the permanent members of the NCOP. Hold a mock mini-election for the provincial legislature of your province in the class, asking learners to […]
An article by Stephen Castle, published recently in the <i>Sunday Independent</i>, revealed some of the horror that marks the brute-regime of Saparmurat Niyazov, the archetypical "president-for-life" of Turkmenistan. The country regained its independence from the Soviet Union in 1991, only for its people to find themselves under a more obdurate master.
Part 8: Committees in Parliament Most of the work of Parliament is done by committees. Committees are the places where members of the public can express their opinions directly and try to influence the outcome of Parliament’s decisions. Committee meetings are open to the public, although they may be closed for very good reasons. Parliament […]
MPUMALANGA’S education department has failed to act or comment in the case of a farm principal accused of sexually molesting a boy of 16 at the school. The alleged offence was reported to police more than a week ago, and education spokesman Peter Maminza promised last Friday the department would investigate immediately. He said at […]
A Northern Province teacher has been arrested for allegedly raping a 13-year-old pupil in the school staff room on Monday. Police were also investigating whether Nomoro Johannes Moriri, 39, had been raping the girl since January, and buying her silence with R10 each time, said Inspector Matjokotja Masenya on Wednesday. Moriri is a teacher at […]
NORTHERN Province’s education department is so desperate to improve its school pass rate that it brought in a motivational speaker to teach principles and other senior school staff to literally walk on hot coals and broken glass. Motivational speaker, Arnie Levitan, addressed a summit attended by 1 300 high school principals who had the fear […]
MORE than 60 Mpumalanga high school pupils crammed into a courtroom on Tuesday to face charges following Monday’s violent protest against a teacher who hit a boy. The pupils are from Sozama Secondary School in Mhluzi township, near Middelburg, and are charged with public violence and malicious damage to property. They were not asked to […]
Should Shakespeare retain his hallowed place in our curriculum? ”MARRY, before he fell down, when he perceived the common herd was glad he refused the crown, he plucked me ope his doublet and offered them his throat to cut.” Pardon, Shakespeare? Did someone who’s getting married fall down among the cows? What exactly is going […]
Curriculum adviser EMILIA POTENZA answers questions from teachers about outcomes-based education (OBE) and Curriculum 2005. Q: I think that the essence of outcomes-based education (OBE) is great. In fact, many of us in former Model C schools have used some of the outcomes without even being aware of it. We have integrated critical thinking and […]
SEAN O’CONNOR reviews four annotated Shakespeare series designed specifically for schools, including Macmillan Communicative Shakespeare developed by the Institute for the Study of English in Africa, (Macmillan Boleswa, R 36,66), Cambridge School Shakespeare, series editor Rex Gibson (Cambridge University Press, R29,95 ), Active Shakespeare, senior editors Nigel Bakker and Anthony Parr (Maskew Miller Longman, R32,35 […]